Royals host the Tigers to start 3-game series
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Detroit Tigers (77-73, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (82-68, second in the AL Central)
Kansas City, Missouri; Monday, 7:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Casey Mize (2-6, 4.47 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 71 strikeouts); Royals: Seth Lugo (16-8, 2.94 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 169 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals begin a three-game series at home against the Detroit Tigers on Monday.
Kansas City has a 45-30 record at home and an 82-68 record overall. The Royals have the third-ranked team batting average in the AL at .252.
Detroit is 77-73 overall and 38-37 on the road. Tigers hitters have a collective .387 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the AL.
The teams meet Monday for the 11th time this season. The Royals are up 7-3 in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Maikel Garcia has 27 doubles, five triples and seven home runs for the Royals. Tommy Pham is 12-for-43 with a double, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.
Riley Greene has 25 doubles, six triples and 23 home runs for the Tigers. Parker Meadows is 12-for-39 with two doubles, a triple and three home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Royals: 7-3, .240 batting average, 2.32 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs
Tigers: 7-3, .251 batting average, 2.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 22 runs
INJURIES: Royals: Chris Stratton: 15-Day IL (forearm), Vinnie Pasquantino: 10-Day IL (thumb), Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Will Smith: 15-Day IL (back), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (back), Josh Taylor: 60-Day IL (biceps), Kyle Wright: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Tigers: Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Javier Baez: 60-Day IL (hip), Brendan White: 60-Day IL (elbow), Reese Olson: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (groin)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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